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Weekly Market Review: Dollar exchange rate in the world markets – Video
December 19th, 2014
Dollar exchange rate in the world markets Let us review the economic events of the last week. Last week the dollar slumped significantly. There was no especially disappointing news on the US economy. But some concerns arose on Tuesday: ...
Black Swans and Crowded Trades
December 5th, 2014
There’s definitely something strange going on in the equity markets at the moment and it surely looks weird. Am I seeing things? The primal emotion of fear certainly does not appear on many traders and fund managers radar ...
China manufacturing growth slows
November 3rd, 2014
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in October, an official survey suggests, reinforcing concerns about a slowdown in the wider economy. The country’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a lower-than-expected 50.8, from 51.1 in the previous month. Any ...
Nikkei leads Asia higher after surprise BOJ move
October 31st, 2014
Japan led Asian shares higher after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) surprised markets by announcing more stimulus measures. In an unexpected decision, the BOJ eased monetary policy on worries that lower oil prices would affect consumer prices. The central ...
Fed’s grand experiment draws to a close
October 29th, 2014
A grand experiment in US monetary policy is coming to an end. When the Federal Reserve releases the statement from its October meeting on Wednesday afternoon, the moment is almost certain to mark the end of the liquidity and ...
European stocks open higher
October 16th, 2014
European stocks are opening higher and Bund yields are moving up from record lows as investors bet the latest risk asset sell-off is overdone. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 equity gauge fell 2.2 per cent after Asia inherited news of a ...
Grandfathers with a future
October 15th, 2014
Diversification has proven to be, over time, the most successful investment strategy. For this purpose, the best tool that can someone use to achieve diversification is nowadays, ETFs. What are ETFs ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds are similar to ...
Democracy or Idiocracy?
October 9th, 2014
In Cyprus, we live in a democracy characterised by government by the people and/or their elected representatives: constitutional guarantees, free and fair elections, a parliament of elected members, separation of legislature and the executive, an independent judiciary, and so ...
Consumer borrowing rise to record level
October 8th, 2014
Borrowing for auto and student loans jump but credit card borrowing drops regarding US economy. U.S. consumers increased their borrowing in August in the category that covers auto loans and student loans but cut back on their credit card ...
China and India’s growing strategic weight
September 15th, 2014
The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week, so early in the term of India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, underlines the growing strategic weight of the relationship between the two countries. Modi’s prime ministership, with ...
